Proverbs 17:21
“He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
He that begetteth a fool doth it to his sorrow,.... As it proves in the issue; though it was joy to him when a man child…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
This expresses that very emphatically which many wise and good men feel very sensibly, what a grievous vexatious thing…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
a fool … a fool The Heb. word so rendered is not the same in the two clauses of the verse. The first word in the first…
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